We’re awarded a grant from Xilinx!!!

Thanks to February 2018 volunteer and great friend Holly Case, we were alerted to an opportunity to apply for a grant with Xilinx. While working at Xilinx, Holly found out about their commitment to help non-profits in their missions around the world. She sent us the info on how to apply and, thanks to Xilinx’s generosity, we were awarded a grant for $15,000 to fund university scholarships for eight young women alumni from our school who have received scholarships to further their education since they were forced to drop out of 7th grade because of their families’ poverty.

They have all blossomed since they began attending Leadership Academy, a college prep boarding school in Phnom Penh. Now, their efforts to pursue their educational journeys has given them the opportunity to attend the best universities in the country.

You can view videos of four of our alumni who are completing their freshman year in university talking about their educational journeys here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23qpwf6f9hY (Dalen and Netra)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ntSeq2sHLE (Leakina and Sreylin)

Thanks to Xilinx’s grant, we can now begin to pursue our project to create a local version of Leadership Academy, broadening their incredibly successful approach to serve more of our alumni. We hope to initiate this program in the spring of 2022, offering 30 high school students after-school supplemental classes in STEAM-based subjects, could with career counseling and leadership and community service activities.